St. Jude Medical's big buy: AGA Medical

October 19, 2010 at 2:14AM

ST. JUDE MEDICAL'S BIG BUY: AGA MEDICAL

St. Jude AGA Medical

Medical Inc.Holdings Inc.

HeadquartersLittle CanadaPlymouth

SymbolSTJAGAM

Founded19761995

FounderManuel VillafanaKurt Amplatz

CEO Daniel StarksJohn Barr

Employees14,000 550

Market cap:$13.3 billion$1.04 billion

Annual revenue$4.7 billion$198.7 million

Annual income$777.2 million-$1.1 million

St. Jude makes cardiovascular and implantable neurostimulation medical devices. AGA makes medical devices to treat structural heart defects and abnormal blood vessels.

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